Chronic exposure of Sprague-Dawley rats to 20 kHz triangular magnetic fields

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 384-389

  Lee, Hae June ^a   Gimm, Youn Myoung ^b   Choi, Hyung Do ^c   Kim, Nam ^d   Kim, Sung Ho ^e   Lee, Yun Sil ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^d Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^e Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18 month exposure; 20kHz; 30 T; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE; LIVER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; THYMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77951286253     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903567920     Document Type: Article

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